Warner Bros. stopped producing theatrical cartoons in 1969, 'nick', because the market for them was drying up. Very few theaters, except for "kiddie matinees" [and some drive-ins] were "booking" them, and the studio was losing money on each one they made (that's the same reason Walter Lantz finally closed his studio in 1972). So Warners discontinued distributing live-action "short subjects"...and newer cartoons. They did continue to reissue older cartoons through the '70s.
"Vitaphone" was Warner Bros. trademark for their sound-on-disc process {via Western Electric/Bell Labs} of synchronizing music and sound effects with silent films, introduced in 1926. A year later, Al Jolson said a few off-the-cuff remarks in "The Jazz Singer"...and "talkies" were born. The Vitaphone Corporation eventually became Warners' short-subject subsidiary [live-action documentaries, musicals, dramas, newsreels, travelogues, cartoons, etc.] until it was disbanded at the end of 1959.
The theme used for the "Merrie Melodies" series between 1933 and 1936, during the period Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer provided their scores, was "I Think You're Ducky" [by Charles Tobias, Gerald Marks and Sidney Clare]. This is the version used during the 1934-'35 season...
@nicktoons901 From 1930-1969.
Rlotpir1972 3 months ago
the colors are all odd on this remastered intro. that curtain is meant to be brown. Im almost certain of it.
CenaTv2 5 months ago
Warner Bros. stopped producing theatrical cartoons in 1969, 'nick', because the market for them was drying up. Very few theaters, except for "kiddie matinees" [and some drive-ins] were "booking" them, and the studio was losing money on each one they made (that's the same reason Walter Lantz finally closed his studio in 1972). So Warners discontinued distributing live-action "short subjects"...and newer cartoons. They did continue to reissue older cartoons through the '70s.
fromthesidelines 9 months ago
"Vitaphone" was Warner Bros. trademark for their sound-on-disc process {via Western Electric/Bell Labs} of synchronizing music and sound effects with silent films, introduced in 1926. A year later, Al Jolson said a few off-the-cuff remarks in "The Jazz Singer"...and "talkies" were born. The Vitaphone Corporation eventually became Warners' short-subject subsidiary [live-action documentaries, musicals, dramas, newsreels, travelogues, cartoons, etc.] until it was disbanded at the end of 1959.
fromthesidelines 10 months ago
It was just a division of the studio, just like New Line CInema is today.
Y'know..Vitaphone. A Time Warner Company (except NO Time Warner in the thirties..:)) Likewise Vitagraph.Actually started with Bell Labs.
SteveCarras 10 months ago
The theme used for the "Merrie Melodies" series between 1933 and 1936, during the period Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer provided their scores, was "I Think You're Ducky" [by Charles Tobias, Gerald Marks and Sidney Clare]. This is the version used during the 1934-'35 season...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
I Don't Like Caro0770's Video, Its Stupid. I Like KidCairbre's Video, That Was Better Than Caro0770's Video!
jpongsin2002 1 year ago
@jpongsin2002 Shut up!
RequestOpenings 5 months ago in playlist Vídeos favoritos de RequestOpenings
good quality.
bruce64h 1 year ago
I used to love it when the A.p.p. opening gave way to a really old opening theme like this one.
antoniod 1 year ago